Today is Day 5 of the Just For Today Challenge – 31 Days To A Better You. It’s time to think about someone else besides yourself for Just For Today. This shouldn’t take you more than 1/2 hour to complete.
Today’s Challenge involves writing down 10 things that you love about that someone special in your life. If you’re not married, that’s okay. You can do this with a girlfriend or boyfriend or even with your best friend. If you don’t have any, then do it with yourself.
You’re to write down 10 things that you love about that person. Yes, you must come up with 10 things, at a minimum. More is better for this Challenge.
Write down what you absolutely love about them – that they always remember your birthday, that they know that you love having your feet massaged, that they were there for you when your Dad died, that you love them for showing up every day. Maybe you love them because they know what’s your favourite flower or your favourite colour.
Do you love them because they were there for you last winter when you had the flu and they took time off work to stay home with you and feed you chicken soup? The little day-to-day stuff matters as much as the big gestures, if not more.
Try to come up with things you love about them personally. I hope you are not having a problem coming up with at least 10 things?
Keep writing down the reasons why you love that person.
Now, here comes the hard part. You have to tell that person the 10 things that you wrote down on your list. Yes, to their face. Tell the person what you love about them. Share with that person the things that you find absolutely adorable about them.
You have to do this with no expectation of them telling you anything in return. This is not about you, it’s about the other person and your ability to tell them how much you love them.
We take for granted the people who mean the most to us. Don’t do that. Don’t wait for Valentine’s Day to come around to tell your wife or your husband how much you love and appreciate them. Tell them today. We can know that life can be cut way too short so don’t hold the words inside you. Take the opportunity to tell people that you love them. You may not get another chance.
If you don’t have a spouse, girlfriend/boyfriend, then write 10 things that you love about yourself and then look in a mirror while you recite the 10 things that you adore about yourself. Or do both 
Tell me what happened after you did this by leaving a comment. I predict good things to come from this
I’ll have another Challenge for you tomorrow, so stay tuned. I think the next Challenge may be one of the hardest to complete. We’ll see…
For a list of all of the Challenges, see the Just For Today Challenge page.
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Thank you for writing such a beautiful post. As I was reading it, there’ s a kind of sadness I feel inside me. Few days ago my fiancée made me realize that I no longer do the things that cheer her up like I used to. This is what I am going to do after this — I will write 10 things that I really love about her on a card and give it to her.
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Hi Rick,
Thanks for stopping by. Your comment is the reason why I put this task in the Challenge. It’s so easy to take for granted the people in our lives and we should take a moment to appreciate them and tell them how much you love them. No one lives forever and you are not guaranteed the continuation of that person’s love for you.
I also think that there are so many people out there who do not have that someone special in their lives, which makes it more important to honour and love the relationship that you currently are lucky to be in.
I bet you that the card you give her with the 10 things that you love about her will become one of her most prized posessions. It doesn’t take a grand gesture to remind someone that you love them, you can tell them with the simplest things. Oh, and as woman, we need the words.
Glad that I could help and I hope your financee shows her love for you, too
Karen
My favorite challenge so far Karen
Yeah? Did my prediction come true?
Do tell.
Glad to hear that you are enjoying the Challenges – they won’t all be this easy though.